Egan Ford's guest appearances

Egan Ford

Open Apple

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Martin Haye

Ben Heck

Steve Wozniak

David Greelish

David Schroeder

Alex Lee

Sean Fahey

Don Williams

John Sculley

Peter Lount

John Brooks

Craig Peterson

Evan Koblentz

Paul Lutus

Laine Nooney

OwlTail

In this episode, we talk about some introductory and demo materials, consider some Apple /// “dream systems” and talk with Egan Ford about the work he has done preparing the Apple /// “Ready-to-Run” quick start package for the MESS apple3 emulator.  System Utilities… an Introduction manual System Utilities sample files (disk) Apple /// Getting Organized (System Utility Simulation) (disks) Apple /// Getting Organized (System Utility Simulation) (video) Using the Apple /// System Utilities (On Three) Apple /// Professional Solution (Rolling Demo) (disks) Apple /// Professional Solution (Rolling Demo) (video) The Apple /// DVD Archives (Washington Apple Pi) For the New /// Owner (“What You Need”) (Rod Whitten, ATUNC v3n4 1986) Apple /// Ready-to-Run BOS user’s guide (at apple3.org) Apple 1984 promotional kiosk laserdisc (source of promotional sound bites)

In this episode, we talk about some introductory and demo materials, consider some Apple /// “dream systems” and talk with Egan Ford about the work he has done preparing the Apple /// “Ready-to-Run” quick start package for the MESS apple3 emulator. <ul> <li><a href="http://yesterbits.com/media/apple3/apple/apple-iii-system-training/system-utilities-an-introduction/apple-iii-system-utilities-an-introduction.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">System Utilities… an Introduction manual</a></li> <li><a href="http://yesterbits.com/media/apple3/apple/apple-iii-system-training/system-utilities-an-introduction/apple-iii-system-utilities-sample-files.dsk.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">System Utilities sample files (disk)</a></li> <li><a href="http://yesterbits.com/media/apple3/apple/apple-iii-system-training/getting-organized/apple-iii-system-utilities-simulation.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// Getting Organized (System Utility Simulation) (disks)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6X5ZtmAWA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// Getting Organized (System Utility Simulation) (video)</a></li> <li><a href="http://asciiexpress.net/files/AppleIII/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Using the Apple /// System Utilities (On Three)</a></li> <li><a href="http://yesterbits.com/media/apple3/apple/apple-iii-demos/apple-iii-professional-solution-demo/apple-iii-professional-solution-demo.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// Professional Solution (Rolling Demo) (disks)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj9dFtBNbgY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// Professional Solution (Rolling Demo) (video)</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/dvdrom-wap-apple3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Apple /// DVD Archives (Washington Apple Pi)</a></li> <li><a href="http://ia601201.us.archive.org/isoview.php?iso=/33/items/dvdrom-wap-apple3/A3DVD.iso&amp;file=A3%20Articles%2FATUNC%2FDISK4%2FMISC.A3.INFO%2FWHAT.U.NEED.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">For the New /// Owner (“What You Need”) (Rod Whitten, ATUNC v3n4 1986)</a></li> <li><a href="http://asciiexpress.net/files/AppleIII/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// Ready-to-Run</a></li> <li><a href="http://apple3.org/iiimanuals.html#sos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BOS user’s guide</a> (at <a href="http://apple3.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple3.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE16CD3E01DE614A0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple 1984 promotional kiosk laserdisc</a> (source of promotional sound bites)</li></ul>

Episode 3: Dream machines, with Egan Ford (apple3rtr)

This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Egan Ford, aka the datajerk, the Apple-1 and II programmer extraordinaire responsible for the Apple II Game Server Online!  Egan expertly demonstrates which CPU is faster, the 6502 or 8088, running circles around everyone listening.  Laurie Spiegel is an Apple II user you may not have heard of, but extraterrestrials have, thanks to her contributions to Voyager’s Golden Record; we have some of her music for you to listen to.  Courtesy Facebook and scanners, we save Don Worth’s magazines from the trash and Softalk from extinction, but we can’t save derelict hardware from abandoned buildings.  Will Steve Wozniak be as good a commencement speaker as the late Steve Jobs?  Having heard Woz at KansasFest, we weigh in. (Please also note a correction to this episode.) Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (0:00 – 5:37) No Quarter podcastSmall Wonder TV sitcomOperation Rainfall: How a fan campaign brought Nintendo to its kneesVideogame History MuseumWill Win/Should Win: The NAVGTR Awards Debate, a PAX East 2013 panel moderated by Ken User Login (5:38 – 35:12) Egan Ford’s the jerkwerksAztec C compilerCodebreaker game for the Apple-1c2d (code to disk) utilityApple II Game Server Online! &amp; Disk Server (based on the original Apple Game Serverπ Day: Apple II vs. HP-41C &amp; RematchWhich is faster, 6502 or 8088?Apple II emulator for iPad II News (35:13 – 1:21:52) Bill Budge releases source code for Pinball Construction Set, to be followed by GDC postmortemLaurie Spiegel’s Web siteJPL’s Starship Voyager and its Golden RecordLaurie Spiegel’s Music Machine“The Harmony of the World“An interview with Laurie Spiegel“The Expanding Universe“More music by Laurie SpiegelMusic Mouse — an intelligent instrumentDavid Greelish’s Kickstarter for Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0VCF SE 1.0 to feature a “pop-up museum”Robert Tinney to keynote VCF SE 1.0VCF East 9.0 postponed“Brisfest” an Australian Apple II convention KansasFest XXV, coming July 23–28, 2013Terry Stewart’s Apple IIe video tourAbandoned Apples photo gallery by Benj EdwardsApple II Enthusiasts group on Facebook and Google+Apple II History spotlight on Don WorthSoftalk on Facebook and Apple II ScansApple Assembly LineBegin Computing magazineEwen Wannop releases PhoenixShareware Solutions II archive &amp; indexBrutal Deluxe’s Apple cassette archiveRandy Kindig’s FloppyDays podcastThe Information Diet, by Clay A JohnsonSteve Wozniak to be UC Berkeley 2013 commencement speaker“Stay hungry, stay foolish” — Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech  Apple Pickings (1:21:53 – 1:40:38) Apple II Processor Cards: The BookSteve Weyhrich‘s Sophistication &amp; Simplicity: The Life &amp; Times of the Apple II Computer, from Variant PressApple IIe w/original packaging — rare!Apple II (not plus) #6684Apple IIGS ROM 03, excellent conditionApple IIe, brand new, in original box, never unpackedThe post Open Apple #25 (Mar 2013): Egan Ford, 8088, Voyager, and abandonware first appeared on Open Apple.

This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Egan Ford, aka the datajerk, the Apple-1 and II programmer extraordinaire responsible for the Apple II Game Server Online! Egan expertly demonstrates which CPU is faster, the 6502 or 8088, running circles around everyone listening. Laurie Spiegel is an Apple II user you may not have heard of, but extraterrestrials have, thanks to her contributions to Voyager’s Golden Record; we have some of her music for you to listen to. Courtesy Facebook and scanners, we save Don Worth’s magazines from the trash and Softalk from extinction, but we can’t save derelict hardware from abandoned buildings. Will Steve Wozniak be as good a commencement speaker as the late Steve Jobs? Having heard Woz at KansasFest, we weigh in. (Please also note <a href="https://www.open-apple.net/2013/03/14/show-025-correction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a correction to this episode</a>.) Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. <a></a>Introduction (0:00 – 5:37) <ul><li><a href="http://monsterfeet.com/noquarter/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">No Quarter podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Wonder_(TV_series)" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Small Wonder</a> TV sitcom</li><li><a href="http://www.techhive.com/article/2028905/operation-rainfall-how-a-fan-campaign-brought-nintendo-to-its-knees.html" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Operation Rainfall: How a fan campaign brought Nintendo to its knees</a></li><li><a href="http://www.vghmuseum.org/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Videogame History Museum</a></li><li><a href="http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/will-win-should-win-the-navgtr-awards-debate" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Will Win/Should Win: The NAVGTR Awards Debate</a>, a <a href="http://east.paxsite.com/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">PAX East 2013</a> panel moderated by Ken</li></ul> <a></a>User Login (5:38 – 35:12) <ul><li><a href="http://jerkwerks.com/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Egan Ford’s the jerkwerks</a></li><li><a href="http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/compilers.htm" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Aztec C compiler</a></li><li><a href="http://a2central.com/3595/egan-ford-releases-codebreaker-puzzle-game-for-apple-1/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Codebreaker game for the Apple-1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.callapple.org/2012/02/24/code-to-disk-tool-for-the-apple-now-available/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">c2d (code to disk) utility</a></li><li>Apple II <a href="http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Game Server Online!</a> &amp; <a href="http://asciiexpress.net/diskserver/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Disk Server</a> (based on the original <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/a2gameserver/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Game Server</a></li><li><a href="http://jerkwerks.com/post-pi-day-post/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">π Day: Apple II vs. HP-41C</a> &amp; <a href="http://jerkwerks.com/pi-day-rematch-apple-ii-vs-hp-41c/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rematch</a></li><li><a href="http://trixter.oldskool.org/2011/06/04/at-a-disadvantage/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Which is faster, 6502 or 8088?</a></li><li><a href="http://jerkwerks.com/finally-apple-ii-and-iigs-warez-on-your-ipad/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple II emulator for iPad</a></li></ul> <a></a>II News (35:13 – 1:21:52) <ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BillB" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Budge</a> releases <a href="https://github.com/billbudge/PCS_Atari800" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">source code for Pinball Construction Set</a>, to be followed by <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/185263/GDC_2013s_Classic_Postmortems_feature_Myst_XCOM_Crystal_Castles_Pinball_Construction_Set.php#.UT9qbo65aSM" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">GDC postmortem</a></li><li><a href="http://retiary.org/ls/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Laurie Spiegel’s Web site</a></li><li><a href="http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">JPL’s Starship Voyager</a> and its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Golden Record</a></li><li><a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9002-laurie-spiegel/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Laurie Spiegel’s Music Machine</a></li><li>“<a href="http://www.keplersdiscovery.com/Harmonies.html" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Harmony of the World</a>“</li><li><a href="http://blog.frieze.com/an-interview-with-laurie-spiegel/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">An interview with Laurie Spiegel</a></li><li>“<a href="http://www.unseenworlds.net/uw09/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Expanding Universe</a>“</li><li><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Laurie-Spiegel-Obsolete-Systems/release/221802" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">More music by Laurie Spiegel</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-mmEvGOopk" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Music Mouse — an intelligent instrument</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dgreelish/vintage-computer-festival-southeast" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">David Greelish’s Kickstarter</a> for <a href="http://vintage.org/2013/southeast/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0</a></li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-pop-up-museum-2013-2" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">VCF SE 1.0 to feature a “pop-up museum”</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tinney.net/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Tinney to keynote VCF SE 1.0</a></li><li><a href="http://a2central.com/4736/vcf-east-9-0-postponed/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">VCF East 9.0 postponed</a></li><li><a href="http://ozkfest.net/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“Brisfest” an Australian Apple II convention</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.kansasfest.org/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">KansasFest XXV, coming July 23–28, 2013</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENno_zzst2U" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Terry Stewart’s Apple IIe video tour</a></li><li><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2028167/abandoned-apples.html" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Abandoned Apples photo gallery by Benj Edwards</a></li><li>Apple II Enthusiasts group on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/5251478676/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/116864515128524666423" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Google+</a></li><li><a href="http://apple2history.org/spotlight/worth/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple II History spotlight on Don Worth</a></li><li>Softalk on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/20506815695/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.apple2scans.net/2013/02/22/softalk-forever/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple II Scans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.txbobsc.com/aal/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Assembly Line</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/inCider-Begin-Computing-Magazine-Apple-II-1988-/270219025130" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Begin Computing magazine</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wannop.info./speccie" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ewen Wannop releases Phoenix</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wannop.info/SSII/SSII_Index.html" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Shareware Solutions II archive &amp; index</a></li><li><a href="http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/index.html" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Brutal Deluxe’s Apple cassette archive</a></li><li><a href="http://floppydays.libsyn.com/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Kindig’s FloppyDays podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://www.informationdiet.com/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Information Diet, by Clay A Johnson</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailycal.org/2013/02/26/apple-co-founder-named-keynote-speaker-of-2013-commencement/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Wozniak to be UC Berkeley 2013 commencement speaker</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHWUCX6osgM" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“Stay hungry, stay foolish” — Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech</a> </li></ul> <a></a>Apple Pickings (1:21:53 – 1:40:38) <ul><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/380589590797" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple II Processor Cards: The Book</a></li><li><a href="http://apple2history.org/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Weyhrich</a>‘s <a href="http://variantpress.com/books/sophistication-simplicity-the-life-times-of-the-apple-ii-computer/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sophistication &amp; Simplicity: The Life &amp; Times of the Apple II Computer</a>, from <a href="http://variantpress.com/" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Variant Press</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-IIe-Original-Packaging-W-Accessories-RARE-/281071999436?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item41713259cc" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple IIe w/original packaging — rare!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Apple-II-not-plus-Computer-Bundle-Low-Serial-6684-/251235493135?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item3a7ecd650f" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple II (not plus) #6684</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-IIgs-Rom-version-03-in-Excellent-Condition-Complete-System-/121072893255?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&amp;hash=item1c3081bd47" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple IIGS ROM 03, excellent condition</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-1980s-APPLE-IIe-Brand-New-in-orig-box-Never-Unpacked-/200899872149" rel="external noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Apple IIe, brand new, in original box, never unpacked</a> </li></ul>The post <a href="https://www.open-apple.net/2013/03/12/show-025-ford-8088-voyager-abandonware/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Apple #25 (Mar 2013): Egan Ford, 8088, Voyager, and abandonware</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.open-apple.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Apple</a>.

Open Apple #25 (Mar 2013): Egan Ford, 8088, Voyager, and abandonware